"Your Majesty, I think there are two things I can do," Zhou Chong replied.

The King of Qin was a little surprised and said, "Oh, there are actually two pieces, and there are still many. Zhou Chong, which two pieces do you think are they?"

"The king, it is better to guard against the people than to guard against the rivers. It is difficult to make the people in the world shut their mouths, which can be said to be impossible. However, you can make good use of it." Zhou Chong quoted the scriptures.

"How can we make good use of it?" asked the King of Qin: "My intention to unify the world is settled, and no one can stop it. There are many people who can prevent me from unifying the world. This resistance is very great and the difficulty is not small. If it can be reduced, it will be reduced."

Zhou Chong continued: "The king wants to unify the world. In addition to good generals and brave men, loyal ministers and virtuous people, he also needs to fight for one thing, that is public opinion. The way of public opinion is to win over scholars in the world, let them praise the king and praise the king's achievements. The king can select a group of scholars, give them money, let them go to the six countries to make friends with scholars, and spread the king's reputation to the six countries and to the world. In this way, before the king's army arrived, the king's reputation had already shook the six countries, and the people of the six countries would be interested in the king and the Qin, so the resistance to unification would be much smaller. King, Zhou Chong once he got his opinion, he would also ask the king to consider it."

"Miracle and wonderful!" Wei Liao, Wang Ao and Li Si praised him endlessly.

The King of Qin did not immediately express his opinion, and thought for a while, saying, "I will never waver in my heart to unify the world. If someone dares to stop me, then he will die! These scholars only know that they only know that they are good, that everything is good, that everything is bad now, and that they think it is good. If I ask me to give them money and let them speak good things for me, I am really unwilling to accept it. What I do is good or bad, let future generations say, and there is no need for them to ramble."

Qin Shihuang dared to burn books and bury scholars because he had a character of fearlessness that he would not keep those public opinions in his heart. He said no, he definitely didn't use them.

Zhou Chong was cold and Wei Liao couldn't help it, and said, "Your Majesty..." The King of Qin waved his hand and interrupted Wei Liao and said, "However, Mr. Zhou's idea is really a good idea. Even if they don't say good things for me, they can still fight in the internal struggle, so as to avoid confusing the public and causing trouble."

Finally breathing a sigh of relief, Zhou Chong relaxed his heart. At the same time, Zhou Chong sighed in his heart that the King of Qin was a profit-oriented person. He obviously had no good impression of these scholars, but these scholars were useful. He could suppress his emotions and use them. How many emperors in ancient and modern times could do this?

Emperor Gaozu of Han once specially appointed Chen Ping to buy scholars from all over the world and sing praises for him. The results were very good. Zhou Chong remembered this. Scholars blindly claim to be self-confession, but are they really as heroic as they claim to be? This is really hard to say. Not to mention far away, just talk about modern times, there is a famous director in China. His movies are still being produced and his articles scolded him have been written. The reason is that those who call themselves critics are not just gunmen because they collect money from others. "If you have milk, you are a mother" does not apply to all scholars, at least for a large part!

Master Wei Liao and disciple Li Si were relieved.

The King of Qin looked at Zhou Chong and said, "Mr. Zhou, tell me your second plan."

Zhou Chong said, "Your Majesty, I think that if you want to take the world, you must first take Han. Before taking Han, you must first weak Han. The way to weak Han is to form Chu."

"That's right, I want to win the world, and the first one to destroy is Korea. Who told me to stand in my way?" The King of Qin agreed with Zhou Chong's statement, changed his tone and asked: "The Korean soldiers are weak and cannot compete with my Great Qin. I want to destroy South Korea is just a battle. Why did Mr. Zhou say he wants to build Chu?"

South Korea was severely damaged by Qin and had already surrendered. They didn't want the main force of the Qin army. They only needed a brigade of partial troops to destroy South Korea. However, Zhou Chong suggested that the King of Qin form Chu, which was really unreasonable. Li Si and Wang Ao were a little confused, and only Wei Liao nodded.

Zhou Chong talked eruditely and said, "The king, although the world is large, half of it enters Chu. The Chu State has a vast territory, many rivers and canals, and its population is far above the Great Qin. It has excellent iron tools, far better than the Great Qin. The people are strong. King Cheng of Chu competed for hegemony with Duke Wen of Jin, and King Zhuang of Chu was called Bo for this. Although Sun Wu's army of 30,000 was able to defeat Yingdu, the country's power was difficult to recover, so it should not be underestimated."

The King of Qin waved his hand and interrupted Zhou Chong and said, "I understand what Mr. Zhou means. Mr. Zhou is right. Although I, Qin, claiming to be strong, if I go to war with Chu now, there is not much chance of victory. The Chu State still takes the best strategy to make a good match. Mr. Zhou, can you tell me that the strategy to make a good match come out?"

How old was Chu at that time? Friends would tell by looking at the map of China. The vast areas south of the Yangtze River and north of the Five Ridges belonged to Chu. In a word, Chu occupied half of China. Therefore, Chu was regarded as a "superpower" at that time and was once considered by the elites of the times as the most promising country to unify China.

At that time, a saying circulated was "Only by gaining Chu can you win the world!"

Zhou Chong replied: "King, although Chu is great, the State of Chu has always been afraid of our great Qin, so Queen Mother Xuan (note: the founder of governing the country behind the curtain!), Mrs. Huayang's entry into Qin. What I mean is that if you ask the king to send an envoy to Chu, give a betrothal gift, and marry the princess of Chu as the princess, then Chu can be safe."

The King of Qin stood up and walked around, thinking, and said, "Although Mr. Zhou's words are reasonable, but in-laws are not enough. If you think that if you have a marriage with Chu, Chu will not seek my great Qin, that is a delusion. Even if Chu does not plan on my great Qin, I will destroy the state of Chu. My great Qin and Chu have been married to the state of Chu for generations, but they have fought for generations, and in-laws are not worthy of relying on."

His words well express the shortcomings of political in-laws, which are based on interests, rather than friendship, and when there is profit, there is no war, and no one can refute it.

Zhou Chong had to admit that the King of Qin was more clear in this regard than anyone else, and then said: "The king has only been able to dominate the world for more than ten years. Although it is not worth marrying Chu, it can be exchanged for several years. With these years, the king has wiped out the country of Han and Zhao, and his strength is no longer comparable. Will it be unfavorable to destroy Chu again at that time?"

"Yes, the king!" Wei Liao couldn't help it and said, "Mr. Zhou's words are extremely yes, so please think twice."

The King of Qin nodded and said, "The marriage made by state affairs is not trustworthy at all, but it also has temporary benefits. I will be determined by this relative. Since I want to get married, why not have more connections? My harem is big, and I don't care about living a few more princesses."

Li Si said excitedly: "When the princess of the Six Kingdoms enter our Qin Dynasty, the six kingdoms will be at ease, and the king can defeat them one by one."

"No, it's not the six countries, only five countries. Let's be exempted from the Korean princess." The King of Qin rejected Li Si's opinion.
Chapter completed!